Personal Finance

As you know, we are ageing. We are all literally ageing, of course; there are no real life Benjamin Buttons out there. But as a country and as an economy we are ageing too, and that means there could be a pension problem in the future. The solution is obvious....Read More

So how comfortable will you be when you retire? Are you planning to live off the equity in your home, or sell your business? According to Towry, in order to achieve an annuity paying out £25,783.87 after tax, a non-smoking male looking to take his annuity from age 65 would...Read More

As a species there is one thing we are lousy at. We think we are unique. We come up with an idea to solve a particular problem, and rarely does it occur to us that across the economy others are behaving in much the same way, and have come up...Read More

Changes in rates for standard annuities over the last month have largely been determined by annuity providers making changes in order to position themselves in the market, according to the Annuity Bureau.

Legal & General have moved to the top for a single life level annuity and maintain their position at...Read More